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1017 and Level 5

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You might find today’s puzzle to be a little trickier than most level 5 puzzles, but don’t let that deter you from giving it your best effort. For example, it’s true that 6 and 12 are both common factors of 60 and 36, but some of the other clues will eliminate either the 6 or the 12. Can you figure out which one gets eliminated?

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Let me share some reasons 1017 is an interesting number.

24² + 21² = 1007

1017 is the hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triple:
135-1008-1017 which is 9 times (15-112-113). It can also be calculated
from 24² – 21², 2(24)(21), 24² + 21²

1017 is also palindrome 1771 in BASE 8 because 1(8³) + 7(8²) + 7(8¹) + 1(8⁰) = 1017

  • 1017 is a composite number.
  • Prime factorization: 1017 = 3 × 3 × 113, which can be written 1017 = 3² × 113
  • The exponents in the prime factorization are 2 and 1. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (2 + 1)(1 + 1) = 3 × 2  = 6. Therefore 1017 has exactly 6 factors.
  • Factors of 1017: 1, 3, 9, 113, 339, 1017
  • Factor pairs: 1017 = 1 × 1017, 3 × 339, or 9 × 113
  • Taking the factor pair with the largest square number factor, we get √1017 = (√9)(√113) = 3√113 ≈ 31.890437

1016 and Level 4

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If you’ve never tried a level 4 puzzle before, this is a great one to try. Of its twelve clues, eight have only one factor pair in which both factors are from 1 to 12. You should easily be able to place the factors for those eight clues. Since each factor from 1 to 12 must appear exactly one time in the first column and the top row, the factors from those eight clues will eliminate some of the possible factors of the other four clues. Don’t be afraid to give this puzzle a try!

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Here are some reasons why 1016 is an interesting number:

1016 is the sum of seven consecutive powers of two:
2⁹ + 2⁸ + 2⁷ + 2⁶ + 2⁵ + 2⁴ + 2³ = 1016
I know that’s true because 1016 is 1111111000 in BASE 2

1016 is a palindrome in a couple of bases as well:
It’s 13031 in BASE 5 because 1(5⁴) + 3(5³) + 0(5²) + 3(5¹) + 1(5⁰) = 1016
161 in BASE 29 because 1(29²) + 6(29¹) + 1(29⁰) = 1016

1016 is divisible by 2 because 6 is even.
1016 is divisible by 4 because 16 is divisible by 4. (And also because 6 is divisible by 2 but NOT by 4 and 1 is odd.)
1016 is divisible by 8 because 016 is divisible by 8. (And because 16 is divisible by 8 and 0 is an even number.
1016 is NOT divisible by 16 because 016 is divisible by 16 and 1 is an odd number.

  • 1016 is a composite number.
  • Prime factorization: 1016 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 127, which can be written 1016 = 2³ × 127
  • The exponents in the prime factorization are 3 and 1. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (3 + 1)(1 + 1) = 4 × 2 = 8. Therefore 1016 has exactly 8 factors.
  • Factors of 1016: 1, 2, 4, 8, 127, 254, 508, 1016
  • Factor pairs: 1016 = 1 × 1016, 2 × 508, 4 × 254, or 8 × 127
  • Taking the factor pair with the largest square number factor, we get √1016 = (√4)(√254) = 2√254 ≈ 31.87475

1015 and Level 3

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If you glance at this puzzle for a few seconds, you may think there are three places in the top row where the number 1 will work, but in actuality, only one of those places will work with all the other clues in the puzzle. This is a level 3 puzzle, so start with the top cell in the first column and work down cell by cell placing factors in both the first column and the top row until the puzzle resembles a multiplication table.

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Here are a few facts about the number 1015:

1² + 2² + 3² + 4² + 5² + 6² + 7² + 8² + 9² + 10² + 11² + 12² + 13² + 14² = 1015. That makes 1015 the 14th square pyramidal number.

331 + 337 + 347 = 1015. That’s the sum of 3 consecutive prime numbers.

1015 is the hypotenuse of four Pythagorean triples:
119-1008-1015
168-1001-1015
609-812-1015
700-735-1015

1015 looks interesting when it is written is some other bases:
707 in BASE 12
1D1 in BASE 26 (D is 13 base 10)
TT in BASE 34 (T is 29 base 10)
T0 in BASE 35

  • 1015 is a composite number.
  • Prime factorization: 1015 = 5 × 7 × 29
  • The exponents in the prime factorization are 1, 1, and 1. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (1 + 1)(1 + 1)(1 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8. Therefore 1015 has exactly 8 factors.
  • Factors of 1015: 1, 5, 7, 29, 35, 145, 203, 1015
  • Factor pairs: 1015 = 1 × 1015, 5 × 203, 7 × 145, or 29 × 35
  • 1015 has no square factors that allow its square root to be simplified. √1015 ≈ 31.85906

Level 2 and Simplifying √1014

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Today’s Puzzle:

Have you memorized a basic multiplication table? If you have, then you can solve this puzzle. The numbers being multiplied together aren’t where they are in a regular multiplication table, but you can still easily figure out where they need to go. There is only one solution. I bet you can find it!

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Simplifying √1014:

If I wanted to find √1014, I would first check to see if it were divisible by 4 or by 9 because most numbers whose square roots can be simplified are divisible by 4 or by 9 or both.
1014 isn’t divisible by 4 because 14 isn’t divisible by 4.
It isn’t divisible by 9 because 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 = 6, and 6 is not divisible by 9.
However, it is divisible by both 2 and 3 and thus also by 6. Since most people are less likely to make a mistake dividing by 6 in ONE step instead of two, I would make a little division cake and do that division first:

Recognizing that 169 is a perfect square, I would then take the square root of everything on the outside of my little cake. (√6)(√169) = 13√6

Factors of 1014:

  • 1014 is a composite number.
  • Prime factorization: 1014 = 2 × 3 × 13 × 13, which can be written 1014 = 2 × 3 × 13²
  • The exponents in the prime factorization are 1, 1, and 2. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (1 + 1)(1 + 1)(2 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 3 = 12. Therefore 1014 has exactly 12 factors.
  • Factors of 1014: 1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 169, 338, 507, 1014
  • Factor pairs: 1014 = 1 × 1014, 2 × 507, 3 × 338, 6 × 169, 13 × 78, or 26 × 39,
  • Taking the factor pair with the largest square number factor, we get √1014 = (√169)(√6) = 13√6 ≈ 31.84337

Sum-Difference Puzzles:

6 has two factor pairs. One of those pairs adds up to 5, and the other one subtracts to 5. Put the factors in the appropriate boxes in the first puzzle.

1014 has six factor pairs. One of the factor pairs adds up to ­65, and a different one subtracts to 65. If you can identify those factor pairs, then you can solve the second puzzle!

The second puzzle is really just the first puzzle in disguise. Why would I say that?

More about the Number 1014:

Because 13² is one of its factors, 1014 is the hypotenuse of two Pythagorean triples:
714-720-1014 which is 6 times (119-120-169),
390-936-1014 which is (5-12-13) times 78.

1014 looks interesting when written in some other bases:
It’s 600 in BASE 13 because 6(13²) = 6 (169) = 1014,
and 222 in BASE 22 because 2(22²) + 2(22) + 2(1) = 2(484 + 22 + 1) = 2(507) = 1014.

1013 Wolf Moon Mystery

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There will be a full moon tonight. Since it is the first full moon of the year, it is called a wolf moon. I learned that fact from reading a short post called Supermoon by the Lycanthropic author, Steve Morris. Wolves love howling at the moon. It has been said that some men have even howled at the moon…

It all sounds pretty mysterious to me, so I made this mystery level puzzle look a little like a full moon. The number 12 appears three times in it on a nice little arc of the circle.  You can work on solving this puzzle under the light of tonight’s full wolf moon … if you dare.

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I will be having company for the next week. Just to make it easier for me I’m taking a week off from blogging. I hope you’ll rejoin me then.

1012 Do Your Brain a Favor

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Do your brain a favor by completing puzzles in 2018. This one is a great place to start, and 20 18 is actually included in the clues. You can turn this puzzle into a multiplication table if you can write the numbers from 1 to 12 in the first column and also in the top row in the correct places. Then you will be able to fill in the rest of the cells in the table by remembering multiplication facts you’ve already learned. It will be fun and good for your brain.

1011 A Toast to My Readers

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Thank you, dear readers, for stopping by today and/or any other time you have visited! My blog had the best year ever in 2017, and it is all because of you. I sincerely hope that I have been of service to you.

Here’s to you, dear friend. May lifting each other help us both to climb even higher this coming year!

May you be able to find the factors in this puzzle and, more importantly, the factors in life that will bring you happiness and success!

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Let me tell you some things about the number 1011 that you probably didn’t know before:

The only nonzero digits in 1011 are three 1’s so 1011 is divisible by 3, and 1011 is included in this interesting pattern:

1011² = 1022121; Notice that the digits in bold are 1011 and all the other digits are 2’s. Thank you OEIS.org for that fun fact.

1011 looks interesting in a few other bases:
It’s 33303 in BASE 4 because 3(4⁴ + 4³ + 4² + 4⁰) = 3(256 + 64 + 16 + 1) = 3(337) = 1011,
323 in BASE 18 because 3(18²) + 2(18) + 3(1) = 1011

1011 is the hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triple:
525-864-1011 which is 3 times (175-288-337)

  • 1011 is a composite number.
  • Prime factorization: 1011 = 3 × 337
  • The exponents in the prime factorization are 1 and 1. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (1 + 1)(1 + 1) = 2 × 2 = 4. Therefore 1011 has exactly 4 factors.
  • Factors of 1011: 1, 3, 337, 1011
  • Factor pairs: 1011 = 1 × 1011 or 3 × 337
  • 1011 has no square factors that allow its square root to be simplified. √1011 ≈ 31.7962

1010 Find the Factors Challenge

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Level 6 puzzles are difficult. At least they are until you’ve done a few, then they become much less difficult to solve.

This Find the Factors 1 – 10 Challenge is much more difficult. I published the first of these puzzles (#1000) last week, but I won’t necessarily make one every week. If you’ve done a few level 6 puzzles, see how you do with a Challenge Puzzle.

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Here’s a little about the number 1010:

1010 is the sum of two squares two different ways:
29² + 13² = 1010
31² + 7² = 1010

That means that 1010 is the hypotenuse of some Pythagorean triples:
200-990-1010 which is 10 times (20-99-101)
434-912-1010 calculated from 2(31)(7), 31² – 7², 31² + 7²
606-808-1010 which is (3-4-5) times 202
672-754-1010 calculated from 29² – 13², 2(29)(13), 29² + 13²

1010 is a fun-looking number in base 10.
It is also palindrome 262 in BASE 21 because 2(21²) + 6(21) + 2(1) = 1010

  • 1010 is a composite number.
  • Prime factorization: 1010 = 2 × 5 × 101
  • The exponents in the prime factorization are 1, 1, and 1. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (1 + 1)(1 + 1)(1 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8. Therefore 1010 has exactly 8 factors.
  • Factors of 1010: 1, 2, 5, 10, 101, 202, 505, 1010
  • Factor pairs: 1010 = 1 × 1010, 2 × 505, 5 × 202, or 10 × 101
  • 1010 has no square factors that allow its square root to be simplified. √1010 ≈ 31.780497

1007 and Level 6

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Some of the clues in this puzzle pair up in the same column or the same row and try to trick you into picking the wrong common factor. Nevertheless, the 10 clues in the puzzle work together to give you the most logical place to start the puzzle. It may be a little difficult to see the logic for this one but stick with it. You’ll figure it out.

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Here’s a little bit about the number 1007:

1007 is the hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triple:
532-855-1007lwhich is 19 times (28-45-53)

1007 is palindrome 33233 in BASE 4
because 3(4⁴) + 3(4³) + 2(4²) + 3(4¹) + 3(4⁰) = 1007

  • 1007 is a composite number.
  • Prime factorization: 1007 = 19 × 53
  • The exponents in the prime factorization are 1 and 1. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (1 + 1)(1 + 1) = 2 × 2 = 4. Therefore 1007 has exactly 4 factors.
  • Factors of 1007: 1, 19, 53, 1007
  • Factor pairs: 1007 = 1 × 1007 or 19 × 53
  • 1007 has no square factors that allow its square root to be simplified. √1007 ≈ 31.73326

1005 and Level 4

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At first, this puzzle is fairly easy to solve, but before long you will probably get stuck. To get unstuck, pick a number. See if there is only one place in the first column or the top row where that number can go. I had to use that strategy over and over again to solve this particular puzzle. Good luck!

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